Silvio Messaglia
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Silvio Messaglia (died 1544) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Avellino e Frigento The Diocese of Avellino () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Irpini, some 55 km (30 mi) east of Naples and 23 km (14 mi) south of Benevento, in the modern Republic of Italy. It is suffragan to t ...
(1520–1544). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016


Biography

Silvio Messaglia was ordained a priest in the
Cistercian Order The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
. On 28 March 1520, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Leo X Pope Leo X (; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political and banking Med ...
as
Bishop of Avellino e Frigento The Diocese of Avellino () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the territory of the Irpini, some 55 km (30 mi) east of Naples and 23 km (14 mi) south of Benevento, in the modern Republic of Italy. It is suffragan to t ...
. He served as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento until his death in 1544.


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